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- Brännlund, Annica, 1963-, et al.
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Educational achievement and poor mental health in Sweden : the role of family socioeconomic resources
- 2020
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Ingår i: Education Inquiry. - : Routledge. - 2000-4508. ; 11:1, s. 69-87
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article elaborates on previous research showing that educational achievement is negatively related to poor mental health during adolescence and positively related to the family’s socioeconomic resources. We examine (i) the potential moderating effects of family resources on the negative relationship between educational achievement and poor mental health and (ii) the impact of resources linked to the mother and father, respectively, on educational achievements. We use register data that cover all children born in Sweden in 1990 who still lived there in 2010 (n = 115,882). We use two dependent variables – upper secondary school graduation and grade point average (GPA) – and analyse the performance of girls and boys separately. Our results indicate that the impact of mothers’ socioeconomic resources on children’s school performance is stronger overall than that of fathers’ resources. The compensatory effects of family socioeconomic resources on the risk of failure to graduate are more pronounced amongst girls than boys. With regard to GPA, compensatory effects are largely absent.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-, et al.
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Age and work in different labour market contexts
- 2013
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Ingår i: Older workers in an ageing society. - Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Publishing. - 9781782540106 - 9781782540090 ; , s. 68-86
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Bokkapitel (refereegranskat)
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-
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Attitudes towards taxation : ignorant and incoherent?
- 2003
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Political Studies. - : John Wiley & Sons, Inc.. - 0080-6757 .- 1467-9477. ; 26:2, s. 145-167
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The point of departure for this paper is US evidence claiming that citizens do not possess an adequate understanding of the concept of progressive taxation. Using the format of standard survey questions, most respondents preferred progressive taxes. When faced with similar questions framed in concrete terms, a majority rejected progressive taxes. By analysing data from Sweden, it is shown that irrespective of whether abstract or concrete measures are applied, most citizens support progressive taxation. There is no evidence indicating that Swedes in general do not understand the concept of progressive taxation. To explain why US citizens are more ignorant about progressive taxation than Swedish citizens, it is suggested that the Swedish welfare state institutions and the surrounding political environment may be exercising a substantially stronger educational influence on the meaning of redistributive concepts.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-
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Citizens and taxation : Sweden in comparative perspective
- 1999
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In the contemporary critique of the welfare state a common target is taxation. The consequences of the high levels of taxes collected by the modern state, the critics argue, are slowdown in economic growth, high unemployment, and declining public legitimacy for taxes and state provided welfare. This thesis explores the political support for taxation in Sweden, the epitome of high-tax-society. The thesis consists of one introductory chapter and five journal articles.The first objective of the thesis is to examine whether a trend of increasing tax discontent has occurred in Sweden since the early 1980s up to present. The second objective is to study public attitudes to the 'Tax Reform of the Century' implemented in 1991. The third objective is to analyse whether public tax preferences and patterns of social conflict observed in Sweden tend to be unique in a cross-national context. Of particular interest is to analyse how relationships between structural locations and tax preferences are affected by the institutional context within which they are embedded. This is the fourth objective of the thesis.The following conclusions are drawn. First, no long-term trend of increasing discontent with taxes can be distinguished in Sweden, but there are some indications that discontent may have increased during the most recent years. Second, attitudes towards taxation are multidimensional and patterns of conflict vary across dimensions. Preferences regarding redistributive properties of taxation are primarily structured by social class. Generalised discontent with taxes tends to be associated with trust in political institutions. Third, the social bases of political support for progressive taxation appears to be different in Sweden compared to other countries examined. While class is the single most important determinant in Sweden, the lack of class divisions is evident in the United States and Britain. It is argued that patterns of tax policy conflict are strongly influenced by institutional configurations of organised social protection and government social spending priorities.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-, et al.
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Class and work autonomy in 21 countries : A question of production regime or power resources?
- 2010
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Ingår i: Acta Sociologica. - : SAGE Publications. - 0001-6993 .- 1502-3869. ; 53:3, s. 213-228
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Autonomy, or the extent to which employees can control their own work, is a central theme in debates on organizational flexibility and labour market stratification. Predictions of upskilling and autonomy, for manual workers too, have been a striking component in visions of post-Fordism and post-industrialism. The two main comparative labour market theories - the varieties of capitalism school and the power resources approach - suggest that both the level and the distribution of autonomy vary across production contexts, either because of national differences in skill requirements or because of the varying strength of organized labour. The objective of the article, based on the 2004 European Social Survey, is to test these two hypotheses by examining national variation regarding mean levels and class differences in autonomy among 21 countries. The main conclusion is that both mean levels and class differences in autonomy have much more to do with the strength of organized labour than with the skill requirements of production. The analysis also questions a central element of the varieties of capitalism theory, namely the notion of national production strategies based on differences in skill specificity.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-, et al.
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Equal sharing or not at all caring? Ideals about fathers’ family involvement and the prevalence of the second half of the gender revolution in 27 societies
- 2023
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Ingår i: Journal of Family Studies. - : Routledge. - 1322-9400 .- 1839-3543. ; 29:6, s. 2576-2599
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using attitude data from the ISSP 2012, we study the prevalence of the second half of the gender revolution – the involvement of men/fathers in care and housework on equal terms as women/mothers. With a focus on the collective consciousness in 27 societies, we (1) map patterns of support for different family model ideals; (2) study the extent to which these ideals are related to national level indicators of gender equality and modernization; (3) analyse similarities and differences between groups of societies, focusing on which ideals that represent conservative and progressive alternatives in each society; (4) analyse group differences and the degree to which these ideals are contested within societies. We find that the ideal of a father as provider and a mother as caregiver persists, but in nearly all societies, it is challenged by other alternatives: mothers’ part-time work, full-time work for both mothers and fathers, and a dual-earner/dual-carer ideal, with shared responsibilities for paid (part-time) and unpaid work. On the societal level, modernization and gender equality are positively associated with both progressive family ideals and marked group differences, indicating that fathers’ involvement in the family is a contested issue in progressive societies.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-, et al.
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Exploring the 'something for nothing' syndrome : confused citizens or free riders? Evidence from Sweden
- 2013
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Ingår i: Scandinavian Political Studies. - : Nordic Political Science Association. - 0080-6757 .- 1467-9477. ; 36:4, s. 293-319
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article examines the occurrence of political non-attitudes in Sweden and identifies the population segment possessing a 'something for nothing' (SFN) mentality regarding social spending. Sweden – often regarded as epitomizing the advanced welfare state – constitutes an ananalytically interesting case, providing a useful counterpoint to the predominantly American based evidence on the subject. It is argued here that national political institutions fundamentally affect the prevalence – and social base – of the SFN segment. To identify SFN sentiments, two question batteries measuring social spending preferences are used. One battery contains 'priced' items emphasizing the cost of public spending, while the other set of 'unpriced' items does not explicitly connect increased public spending with increased taxes. The patterning of attitudes across these items is explored in order to determine whether SFN sentiments are common in the Swedish electorate. The observed attitude patterns are then linked to broader sets of attitudes to the welfare state, testing whether the degree of ideological coherence differs fundamentally between the SFN segment and other groups. The analysis then explores the individual-level determinants associated with different attitude patterns. The overall results show that: SFN sentiments are not dominant among the Swedish citizenry; the quality of the SFN segment’s belief system, in terms of ideological coherence, does not represent a deviant case; and the background characteristics associated with SFN sentiments suggest that members of this segment should rather be viewed as free riders in economically vulnerable positions than ignorant and politically confused citizens.
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- Edlund, Jonas, 1963-
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Farväl till progressiv beskattning? : medborgarnas syn på inkomstskattens nivå och fördelning
- 1999
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Ingår i: Ekonomisk debatt. - Stockholm : Nationalekonomiska föreningen. - 0345-2646. ; 27:5, s. 251-260
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Den ekonomiska utvecklingen i Sverige under nittiotalet har ånyo inneburit att skatterna satts högt upp på den politiska dagordningen. Hög arbetslöshet och en alltmer globaliserad ekonomi har bidragit till en intensifierad kritik av skattesystemet. Synpunkter, främst negativa, på inkomstskatten och dess förmodade effekter på samhällsekonomin har intagit en framskjuten placering. Men hur ser medborgarna på inkomstskatten? Anser man överlag att inkomstskatterna bör sänkas? Har allmänhetens stöd för den progressiva inkomstskatten eroderat? I artikeln analyseras allmänhetens syn på inkomstskattens nivå och fördelning mellan olika inkomstskikt.
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